Computer Numerical Control, or CNC, lies at the heart of everything from mills to laser cutters to milling machines to, of course, 3D printers. The series of steps needed to produce any part are easily automated via CNC and closely match the steps required to create an original CAD design in three dimensions.
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The Series 1 3D Printer has spectacular printing and physical specifications that set it apart from others in its class. With a cubic foot build volume and a final layer resolution of 50 microns, it’s clear that the Series 1 is unbeatable when it comes to performance and quality, especially demonstrated by its unique extruder.
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Solder paste is often used in a screen-printing processes and the paste is deposited over a stainless steel or polyester mask to create the desired pattern on a printed circuit board. In commercial devices, the paste may be dispensed pneumatically, by “pin transfer” where a grid of critically-located pins dipped in solder paste is touched to the board, or by a jet printing process where the paste is sprayed on the substrate through nozzles.
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X-Winder LLC, maker of a small-scale desktop filament winder, has announced the release of their new 4-axis model 4X-23, and they say it represents the next step in the evolution of desktop filament winding technology.
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X-Winder Filament Winder Model 2X-23 and 4X-23

The 4X-23 represents the next step in the evolution of the X-Winder line of filament winders. Based on the same frame and sharing many common parts with the 2-axis model, this new 4-Axis winder adds a whole new level in automated desktop composite filament winding technology.
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A few days ago, I participated as a speaker and moderator at a conference on 3D printing, held inside a very interesting fair on eco-sustainability called “Do the Right Thing” at the FieraMilanoCity Exhibition hall in Milan. Among the other speakers that I was to introduce was Edoardo Thomas Longoni from a filament manufacturer and distributor called TreeD.
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When you set out to 3D print something, it’s generally not a mindless activity — you have something that you want to produce, whether it’s a prototype, a necessary tool that you’ve designed, components, or perhaps it’s a number of parts you are producing to bring together as a whole.
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